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The following outlines how we treat information collected when you visit our Web site 
and use our service.

<h3>INFORMATION WE COLLECT</h3>

<ul>
<li> <b>Your IP Address</b> is recorded automatically. IP addresses
do not personally identify users.

<li> <b>Cookies</b>. Our site uses cookies to remember your
sessions parameters.

<li> <b>Registration information</b>. For many of our site's features,
registration is required. Registration entails supplying us with your
(current & working) email address and your name. 

<li> <b>Posting information</b>. All information you supply when
posting an ad on our site is recorded.

</ul>

<h3>HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT</h3>

<ul>
<li> <b>Statistical analysis</b>. We analyze all available information to look for trends in demographic and statistical data. 

<li> <b>To advertise your skills and/or projects</b>.
Seems pretty obvious, but it never hurts to remind of the obvious:
please remember that information you include in your postings becomes
public. That's why you post it - for <i>others</i> to see. You don't
know who those "others" are. Treat it accordingly.

<li> We may use any and all information recorded 
     for the purposes of <b>site administration, spam-
     and fraud- prevention</b>.


<li> We may transfer information we collect to third parties
     in these cases:
<ol>
  <li> where required by law (e.g. if we receive a court subpoena)
  <li> to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against 
       legal claims.
  <li> if this service or Gromco, Inc as a whole is acquired by or merged with another company.
</ol>
</ul>

<h3>WHAT WE <U>DON'T DO</U> WITH THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT</h3>

<ul>
<li> <b>We do not sell or rent customer lists</b>. We just don't.

<li> <b>We do not send spam</b>. We may send you important 
     announcements, should there be any (for example, if we
     decide to completely change the way our site works), 
     but we never spam our customers. 
</ul>

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